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South Africa exits COVID-19 3rd wave – expert
Over the past week, the country has averaged around 2,000 positive COVID-19 cases per day. That figure has decreased by…
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Fourth Covid-19 wave warning for South Africa
Wits University vaccinology professor Shabir Madhi told the Sunday Times that the campaigning period ahead of 1 November’s local elections…
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2,281 new COVID-19 cases, 58 more deaths
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases reported 2,281 new COVID-19 cases in South Africa. A total of 58 more COVID-19…
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South Africa’s COVID-19 death toll breaches 85 000 mark
The current surge in coronavirus infections seems to be showing promising signs of a sustained downward trend. The health department…
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COVID-19: Sinovac’s vaccine in children trial kicks off in SA on Friday
China’s Sinovac Biotech will trial its COVID-19 vaccine in children and adolescents in South Africa on Friday as part of…
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COVID-19: Gauteng’s rush to jab 10 million people
Gauteng is aiming to get 10-million people vaccinated by December. The provincial government has adopted a strategy to take the…
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7,086 new COVID-19 cases, 431 more deaths
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) reported 7,086 new COVID-19 cases in South Africa. It has also reported 431…
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New COVID-19 variant C.1.2 Detected in South Africa
South Africa has identified a potential variant of interest (VOI) of Covid-19 that is assigned to the PANGO lineage C.1.2.…
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BioNTech selects Rwanda and Senegal to produce vaccines for malaria and TB
BioNTech hopes it can follow up its global COVID-19 success with the world’s first mRNA vaccines against malaria and tuberculosis.…
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Covid-19 has much higher blood clot risk than Pfizer shots
A coronavirus infection presents a much higher risk of developing a blood clot than the first dose of either the…
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